S.A.D.

Spent the morning writing, editing, and in the back of my mind, trying to come up with something to blog.

I’ve got nothing. I blame my Seasonal Affective Disorder. It’s really bad this year. I think it’s worse every year. From the mayoclinic.com:

Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year. If you’re like most people with seasonal affective disorder, your symptoms start in the fall and may continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Less often, seasonal affective disorder causes depression in the spring or early summer.

Treatment for seasonal affective disorder includes light therapy (phototherapy), psychotherapy and medications. Don’t brush off that yearly feeling as simply a case of the “winter blues” or a seasonal funk that you have to tough out on your own. Take steps to keep your mood and motivation steady throughout the year.

Maybe I need to look into some of those treatments. I love the Northeast. Love it. I love all four seasons. I even love the first few snowfalls. But by February, I really start to drag. It doesn’t help that we got 34 inches of snow dumped on us at one time last month, and it still hasn’t melted enough to see encouraging patches of green lawn. Spring is in 16-17 days, and there’s no sign of it here in CT. In fact, we just got an alert that we’re expecting another major snowstorm. Another one! Ayieeee!

Dear Mother Nature, This is NOT SPRING. Please fix. Love, Sherri

The good news is that lack of actual spring isn’t stopping my daughter from coming home for Spring Break on Friday. (Yay! A bright spot). And her boyfriend is going to come visit at the end of that week so that we can finally meet him. She’s 19, in school. He’s 25, out of college, and working for a living– why should that make me nervous? And then, I’m headed to my happy place, Disney World! Accompanying the husband on a conference. Sure I have to work (deadline looms), but what better place to write, and have some fun on the side? Plus, sunshine! Bright happy sunshine! I think that’s what I really need. More sun. Less of this:

Ugh, right? Or do you love snow? Wish you had snow? Never suffered from SAD? Think I should move south?

 

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